The first of three debates ahead of the Queensland election saw Labor Premier Steven Miles and LNP leader David Crisafulli clash on key issues. While both leaders addressed energy bills, cost of living pressures, and health system strain, specific policy details emerged for the first time.
Queensland’s major party leaders, Labor Premier Steven Miles and the LNP ’s David Crisafulli, have gone head-to-head in a live grilling for the first of three debates before the– and has been under the premier’s Labor leadership. Energy bills are a big part of that. And how energy is generated going forward isbetween the parties. So what would the LNP do? The answer, we’ve heard many times before.
After reporting from Nine’s Tim Arvier last week that Labor was re-examining the idea as a possible election pledge, MilesA big news item out of the night was Crisafulli’s pledge to stand down as leader if he failed to ensure crime victim numbers were lower before the next election in several years’ time. While keen to tie that figure of almost 300,000 to the youth crime issues he, they’re only a fraction of the picture.
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